Missionaries have been subject to academic and societal debate. Some scholars highlight their contribution to the spread of modernity and development among loca

Contributes simultaneously to both British imperial and Indian history. This work demonstrates that missionary understandings and interactions with India, rathe

From Missionary Education to Confucius Institutes examines the history and globalization of cultural exchange between the United States and China and corrects m

Offering a new approach to the study of religion and empire, this innovative book challenges a widespread myth of modernity—that Western rule has had a secula

This book traces the development of Zambian education during the first half of the twentieth century and examines the interaction between the missions, governme